Saturday, March 28, 2015

I took Jack and my nephew,Aiden to a Ninja party this week at the library. They made crafts , listened to stories , had a karate demonstration and even got to practice their own moves. Jack had baseball practice after that and I was worried how I was going to entertain Aiden, but he did just fine. He played with Jack's teammates little brothers. Jack said he wants to start Kung Fu next winter.

The weather was beautiful the first half of the week but I knew it would get colder towards the end of the week , so we took advantage. I came home from work Tuesday and said "it's nice outside , let's pack a picnic and go to the park". Jack was excited, we stayed until the sun went down.

People always ask me what I eat in certain situations, since I can't eat gluten. Most people say , well what's left? I say a bunch of food. Example of recent picnic or ballgame food that I have packed:

Sandwich on gluten free bread , a piece of fruit and cheetos , doritos or stax.

This particular picnic, the night we went to the park , I packed:strawberries , a fruity pebble treat and I made my own lunchable with gf rice crackers , cheese and summer sausage. That is just a few examples of quick make and take food. Most of the time I cook at home and just take the leftovers to work for lunch the next day.

Also Jack finally opened his Kinder egg that his Uncle Doug brought him back from Germany. They have. Caution , choking hazzard written allover it because it is a German chocolate hollow egg with a kids toy inside. Jack was so excited that he got a fox. He loves foxes.

Then to wrap up the week. We road the carousel at the mall, then he watched the new movie Home with his Grandma and spent the night at her house. Jason and I went to a comedy show. The next day I took Jack to the farmer's market , baseball practice and to the park to play with friends. He doesn't realize this but we are carefully curing him if his winter laziness. The weather is supposed to be nicer today and we are going on a nature hike and to practice baseball in the yard.

Sadly we did not get to any cool science experiments this week. Jack and I worked on how to write a story instead.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

With Easter right around the corner, Jack wanted to do the bouncy , naked egg experiment. We put an egg in a mason jar of water and we put another egg in a mason jar of white vinegar. We didn't have a complete mason jar , we had the jars with the hole at the top for a straw. I didn't want the whole house to smell like vinegar so I put saran wrap on the jar before I put the lid on. We used brown eggs because that is all we had . Immediately you could see the egg in the vinegar was bubbling causing a reaction and their was some brown residue at the top of the jar from the brown shell.

After 24 hours , the egg in water was slightly cracked and little of the egg white was floating in the jar. I took the egg out of the vinegar and rinsed it gently under water and rinsed out the jar and replaced it with fresh vinegar, then I placed the egg back in the jar. You could tell it was already rubbery but still had a little shell left on it. Then I soaked them for another 24 hours.

On the third day we took the egg out and observed them. The egg in water was like a normal egg. The bit of egg white that leaked out had the consistency of jelly.
The vinegar egg was awesome , it had swollen in size , was rubbery , see through and bouncy (up to about 6 inches). When it finally did break and you could feel the rubbery membrane, it felt like a balloon.
While we were patiently waiting on eggsperiment , we had a park day with some friends and had a family dinner with Jack's cousins over.

The Science Behind it:

The shell of the the egg is made of calcium carbonate. When you place an egg into vinegar, it starts to bubble , which is the chemical reaction of the acid in the vinegar reacting with with the calcium carbonate producing carbon dioxide. You'll also notice that the egg gets larger as it sits in the vinegar. That is because some of the vinegar is absorbed in the egg through its semi-permeable membrane. Jack said the egg smelled like vinegar when it broke too.

Saturday, March 14, 2015

It has been raining so much lately that we made a rain gauge and have been measuring the rainfall. We did a static electricity experiment with a balloon and went to a cool basketball party at the library. I try to get him out and socialized as much as possible. These two other children that were at the library were so well mannered and they all three played so well together. Jack dislikes art with a passion but when the other two went to the art table Jack got creative too. I absolutely love this library branch and all the amazing programs they offer.
They made basketball cookies with ores and candy coating . They played basketball with makeshift hoops and had several art activities. They made a picture by dipping a basketball in paint and them put the ball pattern on the paper. He didn't want to get paint on his hand so I did my handprint on the basketball then Jack colored a basketball and drew a disco picture on the back.

Friday, March 13, 2015

We did an experiment called the color disappearing experiment. I can't find my afyer picture just the before. Use food coloring and color water then add small amounts of bleach and watch the color disappear.
The weather is finally getting a little warmer and the sun is trying to make an appearance . We went on several walks and started practicing baseball this week. Maya was excited.

Then we went to an amazing Irish Dance show called Rhythm In The Night. Everyone loved it. I got tickets for my Mom and Stepdad for an early mother's and father's day gift. I got a ticket for my soon to be sister in law for an early birthday present. The older I get the less stuff I want. I rather go places and do things with people.